Adjustable automobile-seat.



1. w. DAMEL. ADJUSTABLE AUTOMOBILE SEAT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. 1916.

Lm 19%95. Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

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ADJUSTABLE AUTOMOBILE SEAT. APPLICATION HLED MAYa.1916.

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AJ'TABLE AUTOMOBLE-SEAT.

To aZZ wfzom it may concern Be it known that l, da' Enviar, a citizen of Unir-ed States, residing at Texieo, in he county of Curry and State of New Mexico, have invented certain new and useful iinproements in i-Xdjustable Automobile-Seats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inrention, such as will en- The inve'nion consists further in eonnee-` tion with a, 'folding liael: of a seat of means for holding the sea-t in an upright position. The invention comprises various details of construction, combinations and arrangeinens of paras which will be hereinai'er fully des-Grilled, shown in olie accompanying drawings and hen specifically' defined in the appended. claims,

illustrate my invention in the aecompanying drawings, in whiclm- Figure l is a central verieal sections View through an automobile showing the front seafJ held .in an upright position. Fie'. 2 is a similar 1View showing the freni seaturned down to a horizontal position to form a bed. Fig'. 3 is a sectional View on line 3-3 of l. Fig. 4; is a sectional View taken, on line l--fl of l? 3. Fig. 5 is a seerional View taken on line of Fig.

Reference now being had to the. details of the drawings by letter.. il designates the back of the front seal; l of an automobile, lieing hinged thereto illrough lhe inediuin of the' hinge (l, and i) designates the rear zat of the aulonioliile. Said lmeh is provided wi'rh a resilient rod li, mounted llorizontally in Athe tapering' apertures F in llie opposite ends oli' lhe lmelc, and ll is a push rod whieh is mounted iu au aperture in the lop of the liaelr and is fauuuafled eentrally to said rod ll. Said push rod ll. has a lug Specification of Letters Fatent.

K pi'ojeeting therefrom and which is adapted `to Jurn into an oli'se or recess L formed in "che opening in the back in which said rod H is positioned and is provided for the purpose of holding the rod E in its sprung position, shown. in dotted lines in Fig. 3 or' the drawings, and in which posi'- tion its ends will be held out of the sockets O formed in -lie sides of the ear, the said ends of he wire or rod E `having a play in the sockets L which are eountersunken in he opposite edges of the front Sear, as shown clearly in Fig. of the drawings.A

The upper end of the rod H, it will be noted upon reference to Figs of the drawings, has a hea-d H, the upper surface o-E which is sunken below `the top of the seat so as not lo prevent an unsightly appearance.

When he seat is adjusted in its normal uprighlJ position, the rod E will be in engagement Vit-l1 the sockets O, thus holding the seat in such position. l/Vhen it is desired to throw the seat to a. horizontal position, thev operator, by pushing down upon the rod il, may cause the rod E to spring so ha; its ends will be withdrawn from .the sockets O, thus allowing the sea?J 'to swipe' down so that its free swinging will rest upon the rear seat, as shown in Fig'. and, when the cushions are placed upon lie seats, a bed will` be formed. in

order ro' hold the ends of the bar E fromslrilnng against the sides of the rack, a parial axial rotary movement is imparted to the push rod H in order to lering' the lug K thereon underneath the shoulders in the recess lf, as shown 4in Fig. 5 of the drawings. ,i

By he provision of an apparatus einliodying' the features of ni y invention, it Will lie noted 'Char a simple and efficient meeh- :niisni is afforded whereby the back of the front seat ol' nhe automobile may lie easily and quickly swuugdown to a lioi'izontallo() position, forming a. leed.

l. Av reni* 4ihle lfiaek to automobile seats comprising", in eoniliina-ion with a` back and seat` to whirh ille saine is hinged, a horizon- 105 tally disposed resilient bar mounted iu. said lmelr, au axially movable push rod mounted in the liao-l: of the seat; and engaging said resilient liar, 'a lug' upon the push rod adaped 'llo' enga Parened Jan. 2, lill Application filed "Kay 3, 1916. Serial No. 95,187.

ge a shoulder in lhe back of the seat forming Ineens for holding the resilient rod in a, sprung position with its ends retracted within the beek of the seat.

2. A convertible back to automobile seats comprising, in combination with a back and seat to which the same is hinged, and provided With tapering apertures neer its opposite sides, socket members oountersunken in said apertures and in the side Walls of the ear, a horizontally disposed resilient rod mounted in said apertures and engaging the sockets in the back, an axially rotatable push rod adopted to beer against and hold the resilient red in s sprung position7 and means for holding the push rod in an operetive position.

In testimony whereof hereunto affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES NCKLFFE DANIEL. Witnesses W7. T. RoBnRTsoN, W. W. VINYARD. 

